Did you know that not all teenagers in the world get the opportunity to go to school? In the United States, teenagers and even adults are so accustomed to school being required. They are unaware that it is not like that in all parts of the world. In third-world countries, like Honduras, teenagers do not get to go to school unless they are sponsored, because they cannot afford books, school supplies, school clothes, or shoes. It is not that these teenagers in Honduras choose not to go to school, but more of the fact that they do not have the money to attend school. Although there is a definite difference between high school students in the U.S. and in Honduras when it comes to school availability, students in the U.S. and students in Honduras …show more content…
In Honduras, however, the students choose to go to school. Honduran students not only desire to go to school, but then the student must find a sponsor who will pay for their schooling; this is an immense contrast to high school students in the United States. Students in the U.S. either go to a government owned school for free or their families pay for them to go to a private school. To make this point a little more clear, Good Samaritan Baptist Mission says, “School means buying books, a school uniform, shoes, and sometimes bus fare. They knew without an education, these children would grow up like their parents, illiterate and poor. Someday, if sickness did not cause their death, they would have only a hut to live in. Communist would make a bid for them because the communist use poverty to convert people to communism, promising them an easier life” (“History of the Opportunity of a Lifetime Program”). By the quote above alone, it is clear that without a sponsor students in Honduras will most likely spend the rest of their lives poor and working for communists in order to survive. If a high school student in America drops out at the age of 16, then he or she will either live off the government, find a lower paying job, or live off of his or her parents. Overall, high school students in the U.S. do not have the same desire Honduran students have when it comes to school. Honduran students do not complain about school daily like American students. The Honduran students are just happy that they even get to go to
American attitudes towards Latin America can be summed up as an extension of larger global directives, and the exclusion of foreign powers in the region. This was highlighted especially during the Cold War as US involvement was essentially in competition with the USSR. Latin America was therefore a mere pawn in the larger context of US-Soviet competition for global dominance. The actions and methods used are also characterized by the lack of an international authority, or an atmosphere of inter-state anarchy, which shaped their calculations in the endeavor to increase their influence over Latin America. When one analyzes the situation, it seems only rational that the United States treated its southern neighbors so, due to the geographical
“But that sort of summer has given way to something more difficult, even darker, that makes you wonder whether year-round school is not a notion whose time has come.” Most students are very eager towards the end the school year to be free from the “prison” that holds them from August until May. Students want to be relieved from all of the built up stress from throughout the year and they want to be able to do what they want without having to worry if their homework is done or if they are prepared for the test the following day. However, many children and their families rely on school for one very overlooked reason that is addressed in Anna Quindlen’s essay, “School’s Out for Summer.” In it, Quindlen discusses a problem that many don’t even realize exists: a lack of ability to feed children at home. Many Americans rely on the school to feed their children because the parents can not. This is a problem that many people do not realize exists, and it is a problem that can be fixed.
My dad was born in the small Central American nation of El Salvador, more specifically in Anamoros located on the east side of the country. He lived in the countryside so he often played with their animals, spent most of his childhood swimming in the rivers or playing soccer with his friends, and would frequently hang out with his grandparents in the afternoons. In 1980, when he was about 12 years old that all began to change, he and all those around him needed to be more cautious about their surroundings.
Leave to Honduras or remain in the U.S. ? Enrique had to choose between returning back to Honduras and being with his family or to stay with his mother who was the one to encourage him to go to the U.S in the first place. In this novel it is stated that enrique wants to stay in the U.S because if he returns he will not be able to buy his family gifts such as in the quotation “He buys Diana a gift a pair of pink sandals for 5.97$. In Honduras work is hard to find and even harder to maintain. Enrique gets his job in the U.S and he is able to maintain it so that means he is able to take care of his family and still help his mother buy food and pay bills. Secondly there is also a choice to leave to Honduras. In the quotation “ No one can change
In 1871 a constitution was signed and marked the birth of a nation called, El Salvador. Our world is made up of 195 countries and El Salvador is one of them with different style government, leaders, military and how they treat women El Salvador’s leader, government, military and the treatment of women. It is a beautiful and unique country full of color and culture. El Salvador is not that different from the United States when it comes to electing a leader. For example,voting is very akin.
Honduras is located in Central America between Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. On Honduras’s northern border is the Caribbean Sea and on the southern border is the Gulf of Fonsecena which connects to the Pacific Ocean. Honduras has about 112,000 square miles of land (This is about 82 percent the size of Arkansas). The terrain of Honduras is mostly mountainous with some lowland areas near the coasts. Almost half of this terrain is forest while about 30 percent of it is used for agricultural. Some of their natural resources include wood, copper, coal, gold, and fish. Natural hazards include common but mild earthquakes and large susceptibility to flooding from its Northern coast.
El Salvador has background, tradition, and culture that many people don't know about. Tradition is extremely important and most people live as their ancestors did, like many other central American countries. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America. Also, it is the most densely populated country in Central America. It is currently undergoing rapid manufacturing.
Honduras is a small country found in the southern tip of Central America. Honduras distributes many things to America such as bananas and coffee. Honduras import most of their export to America. Many things there are different than it is in the US or other parts of the world. The food typically is not heard of here, traditional clothing various but often will not be sold in most parts in the US and the education is not the same. The small country’s physical processes are also very different.
Having been born and raised in Nicaragua has given me a good understanding of how the government works, but especially how Daniel Ortega has done everything possible to stay in power after many years. Personally, I’ve never been a person who loves politics, but in this case I decided to write about the current situation between Nicaragua and the US. Nicaragua has been facing for far too long corruption among government officials, making our government to become a dictatorship instead of a democracy. Our president tends to have a dishonest agenda, which he uses to his own advantage. A lot of people who knows me might think that I already had a stance on this topic before writing about it, for the simple fact of being Nicaraguan, but to your
Central America Central America, just south of Mexico and North of Panama, consists of just six countries; Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Of those six, all share a distinct common history except for Belize. Belize for one is incredibly small, and while Spanish is the official language of other Central American countries, in Belize English is spoken. So throughout this paper as I carelessly say 'Central American' I am not including Belize whose history and development was far different than the others. Although Central America is located close to the United States in relation to the Eastern Hemisphere, our ways of life are indescribably different.
The Independence of Latin America was a process caused by years of injustices, discriminations, and abuse, from the Spanish Crown upon the inhabitants of Latin America. Since the beginning the Spanish Crown used the Americas as a way to gain riches and become greater in power internationally. Three of the distinct causes leading Latin America to seek independence from Spain, were that Spain was restricting Latin America from financial growth, (this included restrictions from the Spain on international trade, tax burden, and laws which only allowed the Americas to buy from Spain), The different social groups within Latin America, felt the pressure of the reforms being implicated on them
Honduras is very interesting in many ways. Honduras is in Central America and between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean sea. “The republic of Honduras is a beautiful, mountainous country approximately the size of the state of Ohio or Pennsylvania, with an area of 43,278 square miles” (McGaffey, Spilling 7). Honduras has a unique geography, a warm climate, a fascinating culture, and has many interesting facts.
In Honduras, walking barefoot on cement without shoes on is dangerous.The land is very hilly and mountainous, with forests as well. People eat a lot of different foods in Honduras.As the more rainy parts of the year are dangerous because of mud, most people do not use the roads in the mountains. To sum up,the mountainous land is rough, people eat a tropical foods, and the mountains have interesting weather that the people must adapt to.
In this paper, I will focus on Policy Issues through Conflict Analysis in Latin America. First, I will talk about the differences and critiques in the Merida Initiative: Mexico and Central America. Then, I will focus on “Drug War”: Lenses, Frames, and “Seeing” Solutions. I will then talk about, “conflict analysis¬¬¬¬, a lens for viewing conflict that brings into focus a multilevel, integrative diagnosis of the violence in Mexico and supports recent evolutions in Plan Merida toward a more holistic peace-building approach” (Carpenter, 2013). In other words, conflict analysis focuses on the determination of conflict in Mexico and aids current advancement in Plan Merida regarding a non-violence approach. Finally, I will focus on “conflict analysis lens to the war in Mexico to identify its multiple causes and entry points for multidimensional intervention strategies” (Carpenter, 2013). That is to say, the conflict analysis lens explores the origins and possible actions of policies taken regarding the war in Mexico. I will be discussing policies that are flawed and conflict analysis.
When I woke up that morning I was ready to go to Honduras. We stayed in Anthony’s key . Anthony’s key is a beautiful Island resort. I went with my sister, my dad, my mom, My grandpa, and my grandma. We got to do things such as snorkeling, canoeing, and horseback riding. It was a very fun experience for all of us.